1. Technology Terms a) Technology: the correct use of tools b) Technology should make life easier and/or help us have fun. c) Technology should improve our lives d) Does technology always make our lives easier/fun? No. · Makes us lazy · Weaponry · Becomes dependent to technology · Language issues · Addictions
2. Ergonomics a) Designing objects that help people with their jobs, environment, sports, safety, or anything that involves people. (e.g: keyboard with a wrist rest)
3. System a) A system is an organized way to achieve a goal. b) 4 parts to a system: 1. Input 2. Output 3. Process 4. Feedback
4. Trade-off a) All systems have trade-offs 1. Intended outcomes (e.g: cars are intended to drive) 2. Unintended outcomes (e.g: cars that crash)
5. The difference between science and technology a) Science: focuses on the natural world. b) Technology: focuses on the correct uses of tools, making life more easier/fun.
6. Technology also includes inventions and innovations a) Invention: a new product b) Innovation: improving an existing product
7. Technology should use resources efficiently a) The 4 R’s 1. Reduce 2. Reuse 3. Renew 4. Recycle
8. The history of technology a) Agricultural age: up to the 1700s- people used wooden plows b) Industrial age: 1700s to 1950s- people had factories and steam engines c) Information age: 1950s to now- people using computers · Made the sharing of information faster and more organized · Sharing information has made inventions and innovations happen faster
9. Current technologies a) Digital electronics · Uses binary codes (made up of 0s and 1s) · Allows us to move a ton of information at one time
10. Resources we use in technology a) Natural: not man-made resources b) Synthetic: man-made resources
1. Technology Terms
a) Technology: the correct use of tools
b) Technology should make life easier and/or help us have fun.
c) Technology should improve our lives
d) Does technology always make our lives easier/fun? No.
· Makes us lazy
· Weaponry
· Becomes dependent to technology
· Language issues
· Addictions
2. Ergonomics
a) Designing objects that help people with their jobs, environment, sports, safety, or anything that involves people. (e.g: keyboard with a wrist rest)
3. System
a) A system is an organized way to achieve a goal.
b) 4 parts to a system:
1. Input
2. Output
3. Process
4. Feedback
4. Trade-off
a) All systems have trade-offs
1. Intended outcomes (e.g: cars are intended to drive)
2. Unintended outcomes (e.g: cars that crash)
5. The difference between science and technology
a) Science: focuses on the natural world.
b) Technology: focuses on the correct uses of tools, making life more easier/fun.
6. Technology also includes inventions and innovations
a) Invention: a new product
b) Innovation: improving an existing product
7. Technology should use resources efficiently
a) The 4 R’s
1. Reduce
2. Reuse
3. Renew
4. Recycle
8. The history of technology
a) Agricultural age: up to the 1700s- people used wooden plows
b) Industrial age: 1700s to 1950s- people had factories and steam engines
c) Information age: 1950s to now- people using computers
· Made the sharing of information faster and more organized
· Sharing information has made inventions and innovations happen faster
9. Current technologies
a) Digital electronics
· Uses binary codes (made up of 0s and 1s)
· Allows us to move a ton of information at one time
10. Resources we use in technology
a) Natural: not man-made resources
b) Synthetic: man-made resources